[234] C. S. P. Ven., No. 200, October 15, 1560.
[235] On October 18 (La Planche, 378).
[236] “Very well armed and numbering more than 300 men in each company and several pieces of cannon.”—C. S. P. For., No. 665, October 25, 1560.
The people of Orleans were completely disarmed, even to knives, by an edict which required all arms to be deposited in the Hôtel-de-Ville (Despatches of Suriano [Huguenot Society], November 1, 1560).
[237] Paris, Négociations, etc., 486. Castelnau, Book II, chap. x, says the change was made because the Huguenots were numerous around Meaux (but so were they also around Orleans), and fear lest another conspiracy might be formed by having the place known so long in advance. A rumor was current that the Huguenots were planning to surprise it. I believe the real reason to be the more central location of Orleans.
[238] “On his arrival with his brethren, the cardinal of Bourbon and the prince of Condé, the prince was taken before the Council who committed him prisoner to MM. de Bressey and Chauverey, two captains, with 200 archers. The king of Navarre goes at liberty but is as it were a prisoner.”—C. S. P. For., No. 716, § 18, November 17, 1560; La Place, 73; Castelnau, Book II, chap. x; Nég. Tosc., III, 425. La Planche, 381, describes the method of his imprisonment.
[239] La Planche, 380; C. S. P. For., No. 725, November 18, 1560; Nég. Tosc., III, 425, 426.
[240] “Qu’il avoit faict et faisoit plusieurs entreprises contre luy (le roi) et l’estat de bon royaume.”—La Planche, 380; Despatches of Suriano (Huguenot Society), November 10, 1560.
[241] La Place, 38; La Planche, 378; Castelnau, Book II, chap. x; Rel. vén., I, 557; Brantôme, III, 278.
[242] Yet he was so carefully watched that he was practically a prisoner—“tanquam captivus,” says Throckmorton to Lord Robert Dudley (C. S. P. For., No. 721, 1560). Damville was also regarded with suspicion.